Eichstätt is a small town in Upper Bavaria which until the 1972 redrawing of municipal boundaries was administratively part of Middle Franconia. The seat of a bishopric and a small university, the town is fiercely Catholic, which may have played a role in separating it from the more Lutheran Middle Franconia.
Understand
[edit]Get in
[edit]By train
[edit]As the first train station sat outside the town itself (but more conveniently along the railway line) a secondary "Eichstätt Stadt" station was built later
Get around
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Map of Eichstätt
See
[edit]- 1 Jura-Museum. The Jurassic museum includes an original Archaeopteryx.
- 2 Museum für Ur- und Frühgeschichte auf der Willibaldsburg (Pre-historic and early history museum).
- 3 Diözesanmuseum Eichstätt.
Religious buildings
[edit]As an arch-catholic seat of a diocese dating back to the 8th century, Eichstätt is naturally home to numerous ornate Catholic religious buildings
- 4 Dom zu Eichstätt (Cathedral).
- 5 Residenz Eichstätt. The palace once used by the prince-bishops.
Do
[edit]Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 Gasthof Krone, Domplatz 3, ☏ +49 8421-4406.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 1 Gästehaus der Benedektinerinnenabtei St. Walburg, Abtei St. Walburg/Marienhaus, Walburgiberg 6, ☏ +49 8421-9887-0, [email protected]. double €72 incl. breakfast.
Learn
[edit]- 1 Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. The only catholic university of Germany has its main campus here.